Please join the Center for Gender and Sexuality, the Office of Multicultural Student Engagement, and the Middle Eastern North African+ Employee Association (MENA+) for a reading and discussion with Lamya H, author of Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir.  The memoir, “spanning Lamya’s childhood to her arrival in the United States for college through early-adult life in New York City, tells a universal story of courage, trust, and love, celebrating what it means to be a seeker and an architect of one’s own life.”

This event is free and open to the public on Zoom. There will be, however, also a viewing party option in the Center for Gender and Sexuality workshop space. 

Lamya H (she/they) is a queer Muslim writer and organizer living in New York City. Their memoir HIJAB BUTCH BLUES (February, 2023 from Dial Press/Penguin Randomhouse) won the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize and a Stonewall Non-fiction Book Award, and was a finalist for Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards. Lamya’s work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Autostraddle, Vice, and others. She has received fellowships from Lambda Literary and Queer|Arts.

This event is made possible through the Dr. Thomas Klein Gender and Sexuality Speaker Series.